I've been on the Parkway with a group of buddies from high school daze on our motorcycles, decades ago. We just rode the curves for an hour or so, and got back off. It was really fun!
After I got hitched to the farmer's daughter, my wife and I drove a few dozen miles of it, and again it was very enjoyable, although it isn't nearly as fun to drive in a car.
I'd recommend the hotels along the way. We stayed at Pisgah Inn.
www.pisgahinn.com It's government-issue Spartan, but that suits us plain farm folk just fine. (We're just happy to have running water and indoor plumbing, which we didn't have to 2 years after we got married....long story...
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